The
exciting story of Belle and her dashing, yet fierce, Prince
is long remembered and has been enjoyed by readers from all
over the world. An enchanting story that brings furniture
to life and reassures us that true love really can conquer
all!

This
single page item is a reproduction of the first page of the
classic story, Beauty and the Beast. It makes for a terrific
piece to frame and decorate a study or bedroom  perfect
for any Disney Princess fan!

The
page is standard 8.5" x 11" in size and has been
hand antiqued via our own unique paper aging process to achieve
a look you wont find anywhere else.

The
actual page contains the following text (though please note
that the formatting and font will be different as viewed on
this page  see photo for exact formatting and look!):

Beauty
and the Beast

Once
upon a time, in a very far-off country, there lived a merchant
who had been so fortunate in all his undertakings that he
was enormously rich. As he had, however, six sons and six
daughters, he found that his money was not too much to let
them all have everything they fancied, as they were accustomed
to do.

But
one day a most unexpected misfortune befell them. Their house
caught fire and was speedily burnt to the ground, with all
the splendid furniture, the books, pictures, gold, silver,
and precious goods it contained; and this was only the beginning
of their troubles. Their father, who had until this moment
prospered in all ways, suddenly lost every ship he had upon
the sea, either by dint of pirates, shipwreck, or fire. Then
he heard that his clerks in distant countries, whom he trusted
entirely, had proved unfaithful; and at last from great wealth
he fell into the direst poverty.

All
that he had left was a little house in a desolate place at
least a hundred leagues from the town in which he had lived,
and to this he was forced to retreat with his children, who
were in despair at the idea of leading such a different life.
Indeed, the daughters at first hoped that their friends, who
had been so numerous while they were rich, would insist on
their staying in their houses now they no longer possessed
one. But they soon found that they were left alone, and that
their former friends even attributed their misfortunes to
their own extravagance, and showed no intention of offering
them any help. So nothing was left for them but to take their
departure to the cottage, which stood in the midst of a dark
forest, and seemed to be the most dismal place upon the face
of the earth. As they were too poor to have any servants,
the girls had to work hard, like peasants, and the sons, for
their part, cultivated the fields to earn their living. Roughly
clothed, and living in the simplest way, the girls regretted
unceasingly the luxuries and amusements of their former life;
only the youngest tried to be brave and cheerful. She had
been as sad as anyone when misfortune overtook her father,
but, soon recovering her natural gaiety, she set to work to
make the best of

Our
antiqued paper is delicately laced with a subtle hint of gold
in the creases creating an almost magical look. (Although
its difficult to catch with a camera, you can see in
the image below how the shimmering is caught in the light)